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12/15/12

Twenty (20) elementary age children were gunned down and killed today. . . Words will never suffice to describe the pain and anguish their parents & families are suffering right now (and will suffer for years to come). We pray for all those whose children and loved ones (28 total) were...

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Lori Haas

12/14/12

We are beyond heartbroken as we think of the kindergarteners and others that died today in Connecticut. Today is the 3rd day this week when there's been a mass shooting in our nation. We are parents. Many NRA members are parents. And none of us want to live in a nation where children are gunned...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Immigration

12/13/12

This blog carnival was published on December 10th, 2012, and updated with additional blog posts on December 12th, 2012. As we commemorate today’s anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , MomsRising is pleased to launch a blog carnival to...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Immigration

12/13/12

Eleven years ago, I was contacted by Ann Monaco, a teacher at the Merit School of Music in Chicago. One of her students – Tereza Lee – was a musical prodigy who had played as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. After growing up in an apartment with no heat or hot water, and learning to...

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Dick Durbin

Family Economic Security

12/13/12

A year ago this week, President Obama announced an initiative that would have a profound impact on mothers and daughters across the country. At a press conference, surrounded by a dozen women who assist—or are assisted by—home care aides, President Obama announced that he was going to end the...

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Jodi Sturgeon

12/12/12

These days, dads change diapers, help with homework, and fix dinner for the kids. But there’s one area where their co-parenting duties are still often overlooked: talking with teens about sex and sexuality. As mothers, we know that parenting is not just our responsibility. Neither is talking with...

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Leslie Kantor

Immigration

12/12/12

I'm struck by the recent op-ed by rapper-poet-pop star K'naan in the NY Times, "Censoring Myself for Success," found here . It made me sad - but wasn't surprising - to read how music industry executives wanted him to water down his message and fascinating life story growing up in war-torn Mogadishu...

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Homa Tavangar

Immigration

12/12/12

After his reelection, speculation quickly began about what the second term of President Obama will mean for immigrant communities. While we breathed a sigh of relief following the defeat of Mitt Romney's self-deportation politics, it would be irresponsible for us to return to 2008 levels of hope...

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Pablo Alvarado

Health Care

12/12/12

Well, it's settled. With President Obama reelected and the Supreme Court upholding the Affordable Care Act, health reform is definitely moving forward. But what's happening in your state? How can you get involved in how health reform is implemented in your state and make sure it addresses the needs...

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Yoo Jane

12/12/12

(If I were to forget myself completely and have a screaming fit at Congress, this is what I would say.) This ridiculous and petty behavior between you two has got to stop. I have had it up to here with this incessant bickering and not getting along. While you have been competing for alpha male, our...

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